Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Honolulu, HI

Issued

Mar 25, 2016, 2:28 PM HST (00:28 UTC)

Expired

Mar 25, 2016, 5:15 PM HST

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Honolulu, HI

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Kalawao County, HI

The Kamuela/Kohala Apt radar (PHKM), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

490 
WGHW50 PHFO 260028
FFWHFO
HIC009-260315-
/O.NEW.PHFO.FF.W.0003.160326T0028Z-160326T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
228 PM HST FRI MAR 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  THE ISLAND OF MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY

* UNTIL 515 PM HST

* AT 219 PM HST...RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WINDWARD SLOPES
  OF HALEAKALA WITH RATES OF 3 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR NEAR THE TWIN
  FALLS AREA AND ALSO OVER HAMOA. THE STREAM GAGE AT HONOPOU STREAM
  ALSO SHOWED A VERY RAPID RISE IN WATER LEVEL. HIKERS IN TRAILS AND
  STREAMS ARE AT HIGH RISK BETWEEN HUELO AND HAIKU. ADDITIONAL
  RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
  PAIA...PUKALANI...HALIIMAILE... MAKAWAO...KEANAE...AND NAHIKU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN
STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.

DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.

&&

THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 515 PM HST IF HEAVY RAIN
PERSISTS.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED ADVISORY THAT
WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE ISLAND OF MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY.

LAT...LON 2069 15600 2066 15605 2084 15643 2091 15642
      2095 15633 2093 15627 2095 15625 2082 15611
      2083 15609 2080 15601 2078 15599 2073 15599

$$

KODAMA

959 
WGHW70 PHFO 260134
FFSHFO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
334 PM HST FRI MAR 25 2016

HIC009-260315-
/O.CON.PHFO.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160326T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAUI HI-
334 PM HST FRI MAR 25 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM HST FOR THE
ISLAND OF MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY...

AT 329 PM HST...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ALONG THE WINDWARD HALEAKALA
SLOPES WITH RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OCCURRING BETWEEN KEANAE
AND HAIKU. THE GAGE AT HONOPOU STREAM SHOWED THAT THE WATER LEVEL
HAS BEEN DROPPING BUT REMAINS ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
PAIA...PUKALANI...HALIIMAILE... MAKAWAO...KEANAE...AND NAHIKU.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN
STREAMS...ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW.

DO NOT CROSS FAST FLOWING OR RISING WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE OR ON FOOT.
TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.

&&

THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND 515 PM HST IF HEAVY RAIN
PERSISTS.

LAT...LON 2069 15600 2066 15605 2084 15643 2091 15642
      2095 15633 2093 15627 2095 15625 2082 15611
      2083 15609 2080 15601 2078 15599 2073 15599

$$

KODAMA

497 
WGHW70 PHFO 260256
FFSHFO

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HONOLULU HI
456 PM HST FRI MAR 25 2016

HIC009-260301-
/O.CAN.PHFO.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160326T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MAUI HI-
456 PM HST FRI MAR 25 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE ISLAND OF MAUI IN MAUI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MAUI HAVE WEAKENED OR MOVED OFFSHORE.
STREAM GAGES ALSO INDICATE THAT WATER LEVELS ARE RECEDING THOUGH ARE
STILL ABOVE NORMAL FLOW LEVELS. THUS...THE WARNING IS CANCELLED AND
WILL BE REPLACED BY A FLOOD ADVISORY.

LAT...LON 2069 15600 2066 15605 2084 15643 2091 15642
      2095 15633 2093 15627 2095 15625 2082 15611
      2083 15609 2080 15601 2078 15599 2073 15599

$$

KODAMA

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.